"Recorded and released in 1994, this is certainly one of Atom Heart's classic albums. It can clearly be located in Atom's 'ambient' period, that may be seen as the transition moment right in between his club oriented works (1990-1993) and the birth of his 'rather interesting' label (1994). Without hesitation Orange can be classified as an 'ambient' album in the most traditional sense, even though, like always, Atom had given it a slight twist, which made it simply a bit different from what was out there in 1994 (and probably therefore makes it an album that is still worth listening to nowadays). That said, Fax Records, which released the album back in 1994, decided to release this limited edition re-issue. Atom himself remastered the album just recently which makes an even better soundtrack of today. Orange contains 5 tracks, all of them, except for 'Rainecho', can be described as slowly moving, repetitive, abstract textures and within themselves contain different sections or 'scenes'. While some tracks carry either a neutral or positive feeling ('One Atomsecond') others ('Ode to BG') are rather dark, slightly hostile compositions that remain us of Atom's 'industrial' period for example. 'Rainecho' then, is the only rhythmical track on this album which perfectly fits within the previously described abstract worlds of Orange and just gives the entire album the right flow."

"The concept of this music is the disbanding of sound into its tiniest components... into sound 'atoms.' In the Klanglabor Frankfurt, all different sorts of sounds were sorted out and taken into their smallest parts. After that, they were worked on and built together again to completely new sound constructions. On 'Environmental Atoms,' environmental noise was the source of the sounds, on 'Noise Atoms' it was white and pink noise whereas at the end of the composition sine and triangle waveforms were used additionally. 'Machine Atoms' works on machine sounds and machine-specific processing-parameters. 'Subharmonic Atoms' uses sounds of a world novelty, the Subharmonic Arpeggiator Tones of the overtone row are not fit together to subharmonic chords, as Oskar Sala does, but are generated as freely combinable subharmonic arpeggios. 'Sadness Atoms' is the only track that does not deal with the conversion of sounds, but with the conversion of emotions... completely in the sense of Electronic Impressionism. For 'Audio Atoms,' natural percussion instruments which were recorded in real-time were used and processed."

"This time Laswell and Namlook join forces to produce the soundtrack for a journey through a telepathic mind. Riding through endless soundscapes on Bill's dubby bass filled with drones and morphing fields in combination with Namlook's spheres makes you feel at one with the universe. The musical fields are Space Music, Dub, Ambient, Electroacoustic ...with beats...and without beats....for the first time Pete Namlook uses a Trautonium which is prominently featured on the track 'Trautoniolo'. Pete Namlook: '...this instrument seems to work like a 'mind to music' interface...it is incredibly interactive and gives me the possibility to directly form tones and sound without any delay in the musical creation process. ...' The results are sounds that work on your subconsciousness."

"Join them on their trip to the universe where Pete and Tetsu have the honour to take part in a very energetic 'Beteigeuzian Ritual'. After this experience they are 'Stranded on Riegel 3' by accident and make their way/explore the planet. On the last track you drift through a space of very deep and massive ambient but you are not alone... somebody is with you... he is 'Inouecent and Sirius'..."